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Satellite view of The Ayre; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

The Ayre

Isle of ManBride · Isle of Man · North Sea

54.4000, -4.4167 · Ramsey, 9 km

  • 15°Sea · August
  • 17°High · August
  • 7.2 hSunshine · May
The dot marks The Ayre. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

The Ayre in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 2.6 hSunshine a day
  • 18 daysRainy days in the month128 mm in total
  • 28 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

And a month earlier or later?

SeptemberOctoberNovember
Air, daytime high15°13°10°
Sea15°14°12°
Sunshine a day4.3 h2.6 h1.3 h
Rainy days161820

Warmest sea of the year: August (15.2 °C) · most sunshine: May (7.2 h a day).

The beach itself

  • 8Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 38 kmAirport: Isle of Man Airport (IOM)In a straight line; by road it is further Car hire at BHD airport (Belfast)

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 14.2 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.2 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September15 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June7 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May65 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan8°1 h114 mm
  2. Feb7°2 h91 mm
  3. Mar7°4 h82 mm
  4. Apr8°6 h65 mm
  5. May10°7 h71 mm
  6. Jun12°7 h82 mm
  7. Jul14°6 h93 mm
  8. Aug15°6 h108 mm
  9. Sep15°4 h94 mm
  10. Oct14°3 h128 mm
  11. Nov12°1 h125 mm
  12. Dec10°1 h125 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8°Feb: 7°Mar: 7°Apr: 8°May: 10°Jun: 12°Jul: 14°Aug: 15°Sep: 15°Oct: 14°Nov: 12°Dec: 10°15°7°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 5°)Feb: 6 °C (High 7° / Low 5°)Mar: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 5°)Apr: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 7°)May: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Jun: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Jul: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)Aug: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)Sep: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 13°)Oct: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Nov: 9 °C (High 10° / Low 8°)Dec: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)15°6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 114 mmFeb: 91 mmMar: 82 mmApr: 65 mm65May: 71 mmJun: 82 mmJul: 93 mmAug: 108 mmSep: 94 mmOct: 128 mm128Nov: 125 mmDec: 125 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.9 hFeb: 2.3 hMar: 4.1 hApr: 6.0 hMay: 7.2 h7.2Jun: 6.7 hJul: 6.3 hAug: 5.5 hSep: 4.3 hOct: 2.6 hNov: 1.3 hDec: 0.6 h0.6

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at The Ayre: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at The Ayre: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January858114190.932
February75791152.329
March85782154.126
April107865146.023
May1291071137.222
June15121282146.720
July16141493166.320
Augustwarmest sea171415108175.522
September15131594164.325
October131114128182.628
November10812125201.330
December8610125190.631

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

The Ayre: Ayres viewing tower, Isle of Man 01
Photo: Manx James · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
The Ayre: The Ayres Beach - geograph.org.uk - 5363660
Photo: Stephen McKay · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
The Ayre: Dunes Marram Grass and Ayres Beach - geograph.org.uk - 6121397
Photo: Glyn Baker · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER11 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20204 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.111 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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